djfriesen
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Hey guys,
I made my first starter yesterday and I'm looking for some guidance/reassurance. I made a gallon starter because my smack pack was a couple months old, and I used a pound of weisen DME, so it's pretty high gravity, come to find out. I pitched the swollen pack of Ringwood Ale yeast (so I know it's viable), but it's been about 20 hours and I seen no appreciable activity. I don't have a stirplate, so I'm using the intermittent shaking method on Mr. Malty. I was hoping to have activity at this point, so I could chill for a few hours prepitch, and decant some of the extra volume.
What are your thoughts? Should I try to adjust my brewday volumes to account for the extra starter? Is my yeast even viable if I haven't seen any activity in close to 24 hours? I haven't used Ringwood before, so is it possible it's just a little slow out of the gate, and will be fine in the long run? I have a S-05 cake I can pitch on. If I did that, and let the starter continue, would I be able to decant, refrigerate, and use the starter for my next brew?
Just looking for some feedback, as it's my first starter, and I'm not too sure what I should be seeing right now.
Thanks.
I made my first starter yesterday and I'm looking for some guidance/reassurance. I made a gallon starter because my smack pack was a couple months old, and I used a pound of weisen DME, so it's pretty high gravity, come to find out. I pitched the swollen pack of Ringwood Ale yeast (so I know it's viable), but it's been about 20 hours and I seen no appreciable activity. I don't have a stirplate, so I'm using the intermittent shaking method on Mr. Malty. I was hoping to have activity at this point, so I could chill for a few hours prepitch, and decant some of the extra volume.
What are your thoughts? Should I try to adjust my brewday volumes to account for the extra starter? Is my yeast even viable if I haven't seen any activity in close to 24 hours? I haven't used Ringwood before, so is it possible it's just a little slow out of the gate, and will be fine in the long run? I have a S-05 cake I can pitch on. If I did that, and let the starter continue, would I be able to decant, refrigerate, and use the starter for my next brew?
Just looking for some feedback, as it's my first starter, and I'm not too sure what I should be seeing right now.
Thanks.